Vehicle: 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe 3.5 V6 Limited Price as tested: CDN$35799 Performance: While the 2.7 liter V6 has been replaced by a 2.4 liter 4-cylinder as a base engine. Santa Fe’s 3.3 liter has been upgraded to 3.5 liter, as its has always been the engine of choice for such a heavy vehicle. 1868 [...]
Vehicle: 2010 VW Golf GTI 5-doors with Luxury Leather Pkg, Technology Pkg and 18″ alloy wheels Price as tested: CDN$36605 Performance: “It it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” has always been the clue for all the successful model. That’s exactly the dliemma faced by VW when it comes to redesign the benchmark of the hot [...]
Vehicle: 2010 Toyota Matrix XR AWD with automatic transmission Price as tested: CDN$22190 Total mileage of the entire test: 500km Fuel economy: 9 liters per 100km (70% city/30% urban cycle) I came away unimpressively when I first drove the 2nd generation of the Toyota Matrix a year ago. So we decided to put Matrix into [...]
Vehicle: 2010 Audi A5 Cabriolet 2.0T Premium with S-Line and 6-speed Tiptronic Price as tested: CDN$62050 Performance: Other than the newly introduced A5 Cabriolet into the A5 family for 2010, Audi has added an entry-level 2.0T. On the other end of the spectum, Audi has replaced the 4.2 liter V8 with 3.0 liter supercharged engine [...]
Vehicle: 2010 Volvo S80 T6 AWD with Tech Package Price as tested: CDN$65710 When the 2nd generation S80 launched back in 2007, we were criticized for its choice of the powertrains. While the base 3.2 liter I-6 is a better buy, it doesn’t have the performance needed in such a heavy car. The 4.4 liter [...]